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  • Romano v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-03-10
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kevin S. Cauley, Cairo, for appellant.
    for defendant: J. Brown Moseley, District Attorney, Minerva S. Cansino, Assistant District Attorney, Bainbridge, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, and Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S99A1738

    Defendant voluntarily and knowingly entered his guilty pleas to two counts of murder, since he understood the charges, the possibility of rece life sentences and the rights he was wa

  • Travelers Inc. v. Patterman

    Publication Date: 2000-03-10
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hines, P. Harris
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Thomas W. Tucker Dye, Tucker, Everitt, Long & Brewton, Augusta, C.B. Rogers, Peter W. Schneider and John J. Almond Rogers & Hardin, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: . David E. Hudson Hull, Towill, Norman, Barrett & Salley, John C. Bell Jr., James L. Bentley III, Pamela S. James Bell & James, Augusta, and Barry Weprin Milberg, Weise, Bershad, Hynes & Lerach, New York, NY, for appellees. Amicus appellants: Lewis E. Hassett Morris, Manning & Martin, Martin M. Wilson, Robert H. Forry Troutman Sanders, Frank C. Jones, Michael R. Powers, David J. Onorato King & Spalding, Cindy M. Swinson Cotton States Ins., Karen E. Cooper Life of Georgia, Atlanta, Joey M. Loudermilk AFLAC, Columbus, Scott J. Cipinko National Alliance of Life Cos., Rosemont, Ill., and Victoria E. Fimea American Council of Life Ins., Washington, DC.
    Case Number: S99G0530

    Under O.C.G.A. § 33-4-1 2, plaintiffs could bring their claim that insurers used deception to convert their whole life policies to term policies in any county where at least one insurer had an

  • Clark v. Head

    Publication Date: 2000-03-10
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: J. Michael Treadaway, Marietta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Jerry L. Gentry and Christine C. Daniel Cobb County Attorney's Office, Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S99A1429

    Plaintiff's contract to provide legal services to district att s child support recovery unit was unenforceable against newly-elected district att

  • Adams v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-03-10
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Robert W. Lenzer and Thomas P. Lenzer Lenzer & Lenzer, Norcross, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, George F. Hutchinson III, Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Wesley S. Wood, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S99A1714

    Defendant's previous arrest and imprisonment following his dispute with and assault on the v was admissible to prove his motive for murdering the v

  • Nance v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-03-10
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Edwin J. Wilson, Snellville, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Porter, District Attorney, Phil Wiley, Chief Assistant District Attorney, Lawrenceville, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Susan V. Boleyn, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Allison B. Goldberg, Assistant Attorney General, Atlanta, for appellee. Other party representation: Joseph L. Chambers Sr. Prosecuting Attorney's Council of Ga., Smyrna, Thomas H. Dunn Georgia Resource Ctr. and Michael Mears, MultiCounty Public Defender, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S99P1518

    The trial court should have dismissed a prospective juror who stated she would always impose the death penalty if the defendant was convicted and the state proved aggravating circumst

  • Ianicelli v. McNeely

    Publication Date: 2000-03-10
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Sears, Leah Ward
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew H. Lakin, Brunswick, Michael J. Bowers and Christopher S. Anulewicz Meadows, Ichter & Trigg PC, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: James A. Bishop, Brunswick, and Phillip L. Hartley Harben & Hartley, Gainesville, for appellees.
    Case Number: S99A1684

    School board members with spouses employed by the school system do not violate any constitutional duty, absent evidence that they intentionally acted to further their spouses' pecuniary

  • Barlow v. Barlow

    Publication Date: 2000-03-10
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Fletcher, Norman S.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Joseph M. Todd, Jonesboro, for appellant.
    for defendant: Monroe Ferguson and Ricky W. Morris Jr. Ferguson, Ferguson & Morris PC, Jonesboro, for appellee.
    Case Number: S99A1309

    Husband could not introduce recording of his wife's cordless telephone conversation with another in their divorce action, since O.C.G.A. § 16-11-62 4 prohibits interception of such calls and she had

  • Howard v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-03-03
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Thompson, Hugh P.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paul W. David, Augusta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Daniel J. Craig, District Attorney, and Charles R. Sheppard, Assistant District Attorney, Augusta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S99A1766

    The solicitation of sodomy statute, O.C.G.A. § 16-6-15, is constitut

  • Johnson v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-03-03
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Hunstein, Carol W.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Jennifer N. Foster, Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Paul L. Howard Jr., District Attorney, Elizabeth A. Baker and David E. Langford, Assistant District Attorneys, Atlanta, for appellee. Amicus appellants: James C. Bonner Jr. Georgia Indigent Defense Council and Michael Mears Multicounty Public Defender, Atlanta.
    Case Number: S99G0759

    Trial courts have discretion to admit expert testimony regarding the reliability of an eyewitness's identific

  • Rittenhouse v. State

    Publication Date: 2000-02-25
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    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Benham, Robert
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    Case Number: S99A1718, S99A1721

    Defendant's booking photograph was admissible since he had changed his appearance dramatically since the murder and witnesses had difficulty identifyin